Rainbow flags flew high over Brockville July 19 as UFCW Canada Local 1000A members, activists and staff joined many others in marching through the city’s downtown.
“It is about standing up for human rights, gay rights and equality for everybody,” said Ian Stables, a Local 1000A activist and member of the Pride Advisory Group who helped organize the local union’s participation in the event.
2014 marked the fourth year for the Brockville Pride Parade and the third year Local 1000A has participated in the event.
“At the end of the day, pride is about love, inclusiveness and humanity—that’s what the whole movement is about,” said Jackie Graticola, a member of Local 1000A’s Pride Advisory Group, who came out to support Stables at the event.
For Kelly Allen, Brockville was her first Pride event.
“I wanted to support my sisters and brothers who are from the LGBTQ community,” said Allen, an activist from Ottawa.
Brockville Pride was the second parade Local 1000A participated in this year—the first was World Pride in Toronto in late June.
Local 1000A will also be at Capital (Ottawa) Pride on August 24, 2014. If you live in the Ottawa area, please watch your union bulletin board for more information closer to the date.
Once again, thank you to everyone who participated and volunteered for making this year’s Brockville Pride a great success.
